FORSYTH COUNTY MARKET

Forsyth County, Georgia Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Forsyth County buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Forsyth County by the Numbers

Forsyth County has 262 farms on 15,700 acres (about 60 acres each). Together they sold $40.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, nursery & greenhouse plants and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, apples and figs, and local fields produce tomatoes, squash, collard greens and bell peppers. Beekeepers tend about 196 honey bee colonies.

27 farms in Forsyth County already sell straight to the public, about $1.1 million a year in direct sales. Crop Market gives them, and every backyard grower, a free way to reach more neighbors.

Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, 2022 Census of Agriculture.

Farm Life in Forsyth County

Forsyth County farms and homesteads keep 51,258 egg-laying hens, 2,996 head of cattle and 419 horses and ponies. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 496 people run or help run farms in Forsyth County, with an average age of 60. 42% of them are women. 23 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 4 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Forsyth County stands out: it ranks #8 of 133 GA counties for selling food straight to the public.